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and via Stifford Long Lane to the company's reservoir
at Aveley. The water level in the district has
been getting lower for the last few years, and at
Orsett, although many wells have been lowered,
there is a scarcity of water, and negotiations with
the South-Bssex Water Company for a supply have
been going on for over a year, with the result that
mains have now been laid connecting with the main
near "Red Lion" Farm, on the Stanford-le-Hope
road, going thence to Orsett Cock and then down
the road past Barringtons to Orsett Hall and up
through Orsett Street to Orsett Rectory gate, then
through the village of Orsett up to the Union House,
the Schools, and Mill House—then from Orsett
Street along the road to Baker Street and Stifford
Road and on the Grays Road as far as Chapel Farm.
Bulphan and the lower parts of South and North Ockendon
are supplied from artesian wells, about ioo-ft.
deep, many of them overflowing above the surface
of the ground. Corringham and Fobbing were supplied
by a very few superficial wells, and here a
considerable amount of building is going on, and it
was essential that abetter supply of water be obtained.
A main has now been laid from Stanford-leHope
to Digby Road, Corringham. The Southendon-Sea
Water Company have a well in Fobbing and
have an agreement with Orsett Rural District
Council to supply water in this parish at a charge
of 1s. 6d. per 1,000 gallons, it would be well to have
mains laid down and a supply obtained from this
source. An agreement has now been made with
the Southend Water Works Company to lay a main
and supply the village of Fobbing. Laindon Hills
is badly supplied with water, Dry Street, to the
Bast, obtaining its supply from a spring in a pool
at Well Green, which is liable to pollution from
surface water. A spring half-way down the West
Hill has been enclosed and domed over and gives a
constant supply of good water. To the North of
Laindon Hills, there is a considerable amount of